Electrical capacitor



NOV. 29, 1932. W, M, BAlLEY 1,889,522

ELECTRICAL GAPACITOR Filed Aug. 23, 1928 16 d4 4f, s,

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- Fig. 3 is en enimgeci ionginciinni seeion of the eoncieneei ei'rnctufe `taken on iine 3 3 of 2.,

Refe'ringg; non' *eo Fig. l. "*here is shown the invention ea liv nnnier fieviee mpaeoi comprising; :i short steek condense? The stuck i. is heid compressed in its optimum "hat ziieee et generate@ u 4. mole in elem inline-. e vips: i einseives o ,i eti'ips ls 5 "lo niovide i connection in seies of eoinpiising Linie invenfion of mei? io any sni'eoie dei/icey as may be desiiee As above noted, ihe condense? steek e neici in its opiiniini operi-.L ve Concili; by W means o'fdie oompresswe fion exe?.1lt 'ehe insnieing eo'vering nieiniiee il, 5, These inenfbers .me 'meid in igiiein eoopeiaive confipiessive reieionsnip Toy nieens of seeming meinbes edapte io eiei iefnisite amount oiF *pxessure on be sevemi in shown, these securing members comprise ein ets i8., 19, which are oioed'thiongii the pilotes and 5 and Lhe zneciieeiy positioned errninai srips 6*?, 1'0--117 io heid. *ehem in iieii" de sired functioning ieiationsiiip, *he bottom. portions of the rives being npse eo i843 ment with die insniai'iing paes. TJi/"hiie @he securing members have been shown as rivets of the character described, it will be readily understood that they may be replaced by bolts and nuts of any appropriate construction, or by clamping members surrounding the insulating strips and not penetratin therethrough. The parts 2 and 14 and t 1e inner ends of metal plates 6, 7, l0, 11 lie in spaces between parts 3, 4, 1 and 18.

The securing means are placed as close to the outside ends of the stack as is possible to compress the insulating strips, thus keeping the stack under uniform pressure.

Referring now to Fig. 2, it will be noted that the stack and its terminal connections are wholly situate within the borders of the insulating strips, which, while they have been described as being made of phenolic condensation product may be made of any material having 'the requisite electrical insulating qualities.

If desired, the space intermediate the insulating strips between the foil tabs and on either side of the stack may be filled with a suitable insulating compound, in a manner well known to those skilled in the art.

It will now be appreciated that there has been shown and described an improved electrical condenser adapted for use in radio circuits and the like, and one in which a high current carrying capacity is provided with a minimum of expense in material and labor in addition to subserving the desired functions of a high potential capacitor.

While there has been herein shown and described a specific device, it is to be understood that this is merely for the purpose of explaining the invention, for since the underlying features may be embodied in other specific mechanical structures, it is not intended to be restricted to the particular device shown except as such restrictions are clearly imposed Aby the appended claims.

I particularly point out and distinctly claim the part, improvement or combination which I claim as my invention or discovery, as follows:

1. A capacitor comprising a pair of elongated insulating face plates, conductive and insulating material positioned to form a stack centrally of the plates, and terminal members electrically connected to the opposite polar members of the stack and extending outwardly from the stack between the face plates, said terminal members being curved around and upon thev ends of the plates to form exposed terminals, and clamping means passing through the terminal members and the insulating face plates and adapted to clamp the latter upon the stack members to bold them in their optimum cooperative relationship.

- compression members abutting the stack and extending an appreciable distance therebeyond, a plurality of terminal leads electrically and thermally connected to the foils of opposite polarity, each terminal engaging the upper and lower surface of a compression member. v

3. A capacitor comprising a stack of alternate foils and dielectrics, a. pair of elongated compression members abutting the stack and extending an appreciable distance therebeyond, a plurality of terminal leads electrically and thermally connected to the foils of opposite polarity, each terminal engaging the upper and lower surface of a compression member.

,4. A capacitor comprising a stack of alternate foils and dielectrics, a pair of elongated compression members abutting the stack and extending an appreciable distance therebeyond, a. plurality of terminal leads electrically and thermally connected to the foils of opposite polarity, each terminal engaging the upper and lower surface of a compression member and means holdingthe compression members in cooperative relationship.

5. A capacitor comprisinga stack of alternate foils and dielectrics, a pair of elongated compression members abutting the stack and extending an appreciable distance therebeyond, a plurality of broad at terminal leads electrically and thermally connected to the foils of opposite polarity, each terminal engaging the upper and lower surface of a compression member, and means holding the compression members in cooperative relationship.

6. An electrical condenser including two lat stack-clamping strips of insulating material and facing one another, a short stack including flat armatures projecting from a side of the stack, said stack being located between said clamping strips and said strips lying in face to face compressing relation with the end faces of tbe stack; said insulating clamping strips extending in at least one direction substantially beyond a side of the stack and both extending at least beyond a group of projecting stack-armatures and forming a space between the strips at said stack-side receiving said projecting armatures; compression-holding means intermediate said side of the stack and the ends of said strips which extend beyond said stack-side said holding means holding the end portions of the strips together in face to face relation with one another and holding the. portions of they strips adjacent the stack-ends in clamping relation with said stack-ends forming said space at said stack-side and between the two insulating strips. said group of the projecting stack-armatures extending into said space; a pair of flat conducting vstrips lying face to face with one another and with the inner faces of said insulatingstrips and extending in opposite directions around the ends of said strips; and the exterior endmesma psr'dzions @i ssifiL conducting strips extending f paralisi with one snethe'r toward saici eempression-ioiding means and parallel with smi aiongsicie iiie exterior aces ei said i11- suising strips; sind means in said space Conneciiiig sai-ici group oi pioiectng stack-armaiui'es in said. space io the inierioriy exsending session ef lessi; one @i seid; coilduciiig sii/"ips Y. im eieeiiicsi condense? iiciudimg two Y mpiiig stiips si? insuiatimg mei-f sensi sus 'facing one zinsiie, i short sfeek incluciimf @fm2-wies pejeciing iiem s side @i mise siasi@ seid' siasi; being iscsieci bes L siampisg-siips and said sips lying aes face damping eisiiom to che Ies tmif; ssifi insuia'ing ciamp- .A is. iees': one (iii'eciioii beyoii sicie si the siedi and 's beyond she pi'ejecimg ses ssi@ sin@ sia-a1 stsei side mici 'fermf., .'Lub

:s space *miie siiips saliti sischside fesswmg' 'ssie smisiuie piogecigiens;

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11. An electrical condenser including two Hat stack-clamping strips of insulatinglnaterial and facing one another, a short stack including fiat armatures projecting from a. side of the stack, said stack being located between said clamping strips and said strips lying in face to face clamping relation with the end faces of the stac said insulating clamping strips extending in at least one direction substantially beyond a side of the stack and both extending at least beyond'the projecting stack-armatures at said stack-side and forming a space between the strips 'at said stack-side receiving said armature-projections; a dat conducting strip of which one end is connected to the armature-projections in said space, said conducting strip extending away from the stack and lying between and face to face kwith the inner faces of said insulating strips and extending exteriorly around the end of one of said. insulating strips; the exterior end portion of said conducting strip further extending parallel to said insulating strip and alongside the exterior surface thereof and parallel to the portion of theconducting-strip lying between the two insulating strips; and stack-compression holding-means extending transversely thru the parallel conducting and insulating strips, said stack-holding means being located substantially close to the stack but intermediate the space between the two insulating strips and the end of the insulating strip' around which said conducting strip extends.

12. An electrical condenser including two flat stack-clamping strips of insulating material and facing one another, a short stack including flat armatures projecting from a side of the stack, said stack being located between said clamping-strips and said strips lyfng in face to face clamping relation to the end faces of the stack; said insulating clamping strips extending in at least one direction substantially beyond a side of the stack and both of them extending at least beyond said projecting stack-armatures at said stack-side and forming a space between the strips at said stack-side receiving said armature projections; a fiat conducting strip of which one end is connected to the armature-projections in said space, said conducting strip extending away from the stack and lying between and parallel and face to face with the inner faces of said insulating strips; and stackcompression holding-means extending transversely thru said parallel conducting and insulat-ing' strips, said holding means being located substantially close to the stack and at a portion of the conducting strip close to the end thereof which is connected to the armature-projections in said space; the other end portion of said conducting strip beyond said olding means being exposed from said insulating strips as a terminal of the condenser.

13. An electrical condenser including two fiat stack-clamping strips of insulating material and facing one another, a short stack including flat armatures projecting from a side of the stack, said staclrbeing located between said clamping strips and said strips lying in v:tace to face relation with lthe end faces of the stack; said insulating clampin strips extending in at least' one direction su stantially beyond a side of the stack and both of them extending at least beyond said armature-projections and forming a, space between the strips at said stack-side receiving said projections; a fiat conducting strip between said insulating strips and having one end connected to the armature-projections in said space, said conducting strip extending-away from the stack between the insulating strips; and stack-compression holding-means clamping the stack and conducting strip respective ly between-the insulating strips and located outside ofthe stack and said space between the insulating strips but close to said space; the other end of the conducting strip beyond said holding means being exposed from the insulating strips as a terminal of the con-- denser.

14. An electrical condenser including two fiat stack-clamping strips of insulating material and facing one another, a short stack including iat armatures projecting from the sides of the stack in two groups, said stack being located intermediate the end portions of the strips and the strips extending in both directions substantially beyond the sides of the stack and both extending at least beyond the projecting stack-armatures and forming spaces between the strips receiving said armature-projections; flat conducting strips respectively extending outwardly from said spaces but respectively connected to the armature-projections 1n said spaces, said outwardly projecting portions of said conducting strips lying between said insulating strips;

vand at least two stack-compression holdingdevices clamping the stack and conducting strips respectively between the insulating 'L strips, saidholding devices being located outside of the stack and said respective spaces between the insulating strips but respectively close to said spaces; the other ends of the conducting strips which respectively extend away from said spaces and holding devices being exposed from the insulating strips as terminals of the condenser.

l5. A capacitor including a stack of foils of opposite polarities and dielectric sheets, a pair of insulating face plates covering the ends of the stack and each projecting beyond two sides of the stack, terminal plates substantially the width of the foils and connected at a location between the face plates lo the eils each polarity, each terminal plate extending beyond .the end of a ieee plate and bent ever to cover part of the outer fece tlieieel9 and binding devices between the leent wei' ends of elle terminal plates and elle steek enel holding the stack cempressed between the imsulating face plates.

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